I have been saying the same thing. Movies were made for adults back then and kids at the time (like I was myself at the time) watched and it helped develop mature adult thinking through the concepts and themes portrayed in Blade Runner for example.
I remember watching this in a packed theater in LA as a teen. We all cheered when Arnold’s name appeared. Til this day my favorite theme and sci-fi film of all time.
@@tommyt1971 Both title sequences were created by the Slit Scan process pioneered by Doug Trumble to create the Star Gate sequences for 2001 A Space Odessey
Seeing this opening sequence in the theater a day after it opened was damn near a religious experience. We felt like "Oh, shit, we're about to get our asses kicked."
Indeed. They were super producers just like (Bruckheimer & Simpson) and made a bunch of great action movies back in the 80's & 90's. Classics like: First Blood, Rambo 2 & 3, Total Recall, Air America, Narrow Margin, The Doors, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Basic Instinct, Cliffhanger & Stargate. Impressive list.
no no no, what real TOTAL REACALL and what fuck? in the novel there's no mutants nor going to mars, he only has his memories from Mars and it doesn't mean he was going on a trip to Mars.
Another rousing score from The Master, Jerry Goldsmith. This music just pumps you up for the non-stop rollercoaster ride that the movie delivers. I can see why this was one of his personal favorites. So perfectly fitting. The man just had that gift. He will always be remembered for his great body of work, and supreme quality of work also. He will live for ever through the eternal brilliance he gave. And great music is eternal.
Simon Garrett For the love of... Not this argument again?! Jerry Goldsmith did the score for Capricorn One which then Basil Poledouris was "inspired" by on the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. Jerry then revisted his own work when he produced the music to Total Recall. Just for the record: the Conan The Barbarian soundtrack is my all time favorite ost, but even I know where it got it's inspiration from. R.I.P. Jerry and Basil.
I wasn't taking a dump on Goldsmith but I read that he loved the Conan piece so much he decided to use the same meter and horn blasts - maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'copied' Capricorn One eh? - don't remember the music I'll have to check it
I keep telling people, him and John Williams are the overall best film scorers ever. Not to say that others aren't as great, but their combined catalogues cover literally the best movies ever.
When I was a child and saw this in the theater, that intro music was SO AMAZING. Sticks with me as one of my favorite opening movie themes 28 years later
Dude, the cheesiness of 90s action mixed with the badassery lended perfectly for young kids that were allowed to watch it! I remember I went to elementary school so excited to talk about Predator 2 and nobody was allowed to watch stuff like that.
What happened? The feels I used to get at the movies back in the 80s..seems like it's been forever. I don't even watch or care about movies nowadays, guess I got old.
Bossman Terminator 2 judgment day is back in theatres. In 3D and HD. I'm going next week to go see it. Total recall and T2 are the best damn Arnold movies. Tbh I'm a big ass Arnold fan. I grew up on his movies.
I remember being 18 years old watching this at the biggest screen in London at the time, the Odeon Leicester Square. Man alive I was so pumped for what became I think Arnie's best movie. The Story line was great and the acting too..some of the special effects props were a bit fake looking but in hindsight a great movie from that action man era...that never took itself too seriously...fond memories great days
Props fake looking? You wanna fight mate? That head opening scene is still fucking awesome. Man I remember seeing that as a kid, I immediately had to watch that movie. I think that's scene made me love sci fi movies. Fake looking props, this bitch
Yeah, but the problem with that was that movies were more or less a crap shoot. You had no idea if the movie was really terrible as say something like Batman and Robin, ya know.
Jerry Goldsmith considered this score to be among his best works. But, an interesting tidbit was that the score was originally going to be performed by an orchestra in Hungary in an effort to save money. However, the results proved to be less than ideal as the orchestra seemed unable to play the score adequately, so the recording session was moved to England with the London National Philharmonic Orchestra hired to perform the score; a wise choice.
I can just imagine Paul Verhoeven being like "Quick, turn down the heat, the credits are melting......wow....yeah, that looks pretty good, leave it in."
I wouldn't let my 6 year old watch it, it's a pretty fucked up movie. My mother let me watch the terminator when i was 7. Times were different back then in the late 80s early 90s.
@@MetalAddict6810 that's because we had adult parents. I was 5 or 6 when I first watched Die Hard 2 (or T2). Hell I was able to watch Ghostbusters. I had a conversation how I was different from my gf about R movie experiences as kids with my mother and all she said was, "We were an adult family. We knew the difference between reality and fiction. That's why we let you, while she had to wait when she was 13."
When i was 5/6 i LOVED this movie, still do! Loved watching this with my grandad and re enacting the "two weeks" and the "pulling the bug out of his nose" scenes. This opening title sequence always amazed me. The music, the colour, and the effect that I always thought represented the alien reactor.
I can _confidently_ say that this is one of the best opening sequences ever produced, for any movie. And I'm so glad the Carolco logo IS included, because it's an essential part.
Makes it a tad worse in your eyes? I personally don't have Tristar logo asociated with *bliss* that closely. Depends on what pictures you were exposed to as a child, I guess.
I was 8, so anxious to see this film. The previews and magazines featuring this movie before release had all my attention, not to mention my obsession with Arnold. I remember the day I was sitting in my seat in the theater with my family and this theme came on...been humming it for 30 years... absolutely loved the movie
This is partly why this is one of the best movies as well as one of the best Arnold movies ever- ultra-violent intro to fit an ultra-violent movie; this is beautifully heavy stuff as it is paced correctly in time. Movies nowadays have those distractingly annoying intros with small white names in the corners of the screen or they save the intros for the end credits which I find so boring!
Always gets me pumped up, will definitely rewatch, such a good film, it's another great part of what I would call the "Paul Verhoeven Sci-fi Trilogy" (RoboCop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers)
Will always be my second favorite Arnold movie behind Conan!!!! This intro is everything, I went looking for it to make my ringtone. Hahaha!!! No, seriously. Big Arnold fan.
This intro sends chills down my spine!!! HOF movie!!! Rachel Ticotin & Sharon Stone are gorgeous!!! Thank you Mario Kassar and of course, Mr. Arnold!!!!! To me, it's his best movie in a line of his already great movies!!!!!!
I like at how the opening credits look like a curtain being lowered, not raised. Given the theme of the movie it makes you wonder about what is all being obscured from you.
What a fantastic feeling watching 'Total Recall' at a rammed full pictures back in 1990 & this music starts! There was electricity in the air! Back then Arnie was King & this film had been eagerly anticipated for months. It didnt disappoint, what a classic!!! None stop action from start to finish, brilliant story and special effects that look as good as anything today. Superb.
Not many films have an intro theme that stays with you, but this one has stuck with me for decades. Makes me want to get up and fight some bad guys. Gets the juices flowing for action.
One of my favourite Jerry Goldsmith scores. A lot of his cues were rhythm-based but he could turn in a killer melody with the best of them (Air Force One springs to mind). And whoever came up with this brilliantly hypnotic title sequence was also a genius.
Easily my favorite title sequence in all of film history. The flashy text combined with Goldsmith's epic score really sets the mood. You know within the first 45 seconds what kind of film it is going to be; fun and awesome as tits.
DONE HAVE ONE. GO FIND UR OWN DAD. NOW DONT OPEN UR DUMB MOUTH.U'VE BEEN WARNED JEW LOVER (nothing can beat the insult) LET ME ENJOY AFRICA, PEACE OUT!
This movie holds a somewhat special place in my heart. When I was in boot camp at Parris Island we got to go see this movie. Of course, we had to "pay" for it. We did a twelve mile hump the morning of. That is not a long distance, but in the heat of the Carolina low country it was...memorable.
Superb opening credits. The red colours.. the music..the fading fonts. Alexander Wang did some mens tops with the same colours and font. Looked class but very expensive! Anyhow what a film. It's a classic and it has everything
Total Recall is the best sci-fi action movie, i have ever seen. And in my opinion, this orinigal version is much better than the remake. I still have this movie on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray. Also, Jerry Goldsmith is a legend. And hey, Sharon Stone was pretty hot in that movie - miaow ❤️😻! Thank you. 🐈✌️
